In my experience as a software designer people are resistant to change. As a person with a high intelligence and two degrees I am a threat. This is because I would normally be contracted to look for patterns in a human process in order to computerize them.
Not surprisingly people do not want to lose their jobs or learn new skills just to stand still. As a result they can become sabateurs to any initiative. They can be cruel and hateful. They can overly complicate an organisation so that a computer model becomes difficult. When this resistance becomes too stressful for us we may seek help from a doctor. He too fears all this tech being implemented. So much so that he has a name for your problem. Aspergers syndrome. He has pills to deaden your skills and may appease you with disability benefits.
This resistance to automation starts at school and is a concerted bullying process due to a resistance to gifted technologists. A doctor is a people person and has to deal with all the people whose jobs you get a computer to do. Not surprisingly he wants to say you are ill as the minority. However other countries who respect our sort do get the tech jobs done and make huge profits as a result.
What I advise is to not appear like a technologist. Read some books on politics and philosophy. Try to sound a bit arty as camouflage. Anything to avoid getting worked over by the technophobe mob of which medicine is a part. You were born as your dad was effective at technology in all likelihood. It is just that with the internet technology is getting so powerful no profession is safe. If he divided labour between people you are probably dividing it between software objects and classes. This is a deep threat to humans and they will not go quietly.
Your best defense is to appear a technophobic moron yourself offline. Also gain requirements from the boss only as he is the only one who wants the technology to work!
Peace geeks!
14 Nov 2011, 9:28 pm
